MELVILLE, N.Y., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gentiva Health
Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTIV), the nation's leading provider of
comprehensive home health services, announced today that it has completed
its acquisition of 100% of the ownership interest in Home Health Care
Affiliates, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates (HHCA) for
$55 million in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments.

The transaction, which extends Gentiva's home health operations to 37
states, has been funded from a combination of Gentiva's existing cash
balances and borrowings from its revolving credit facility. HHCA operates
home health and hospice agencies in Mississippi under the brand names of
Gilbert's Home Health and Gilbert's Hospice Care. The transaction will be
accretive to Gentiva's fiscal 2008 results.

"We extend a warm welcome to all Gilbert's employees and anticipate a
smooth transition in delivering our services to home health and hospice
patients in the state," said Gentiva Chairman and CEO Ron Malone. "We also
look forward to the possibility of bringing our groundbreaking specialty
home health programs and other Gentiva services to this region as yet
another way to differentiate us from the competition and build strong
relationships with physicians and payers."

Annualized 2007 unaudited net revenues for the Gilbert's operations
were approximately $37 million, of which approximately $33 million related
to home health services and $4 million to hospice services. Gilbert's Home
Health and Gilbert's Hospice Care, with approximately 500 employees and a
business mix that is approximately 81% Medicare, deliver their services
through 14 locations covering 50 of 82 counties in Mississippi, a
Certificate of Need state for home health. Gilbert's was founded in 1977 as
one of the state's earliest home health operations and is currently one of
its largest.

About Gentiva Health Services, Inc.

Gentiva Health Services, Inc. is the nation's leading provider of
comprehensive home health and related services. The Company serves patients
across the United States, through its direct service delivery units or
through CareCentrix(R), which manages home health services for major
managed care organizations. Gentiva is a single source for skilled nursing;
physical, occupational, speech and neurorehabilitation services; hospice
services; social work; nutrition; disease management education; help with
daily living activities; respiratory therapy and home medical equipment;
infusion therapy services; and other therapies and services. Gentiva's
revenues are generated from federal and state government programs,
commercial insurance and individual consumers. For more information, visit
Gentiva's web site, http://www.gentiva.com, and its investor relations
section at http://investors.gentiva.com. GTIV-G

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Company's ability to successfully execute its growth strategy; the impact
of significant indebtedness on the Company's liquidity and its ability to
meet the requirements of its creditors; general economic and business
conditions; demographic changes; changes in, or failure to comply with,
existing governmental regulations; legislative proposals for healthcare
reform; changes in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement levels; effects of
competition in the markets in which the Company operates; liability and
other claims asserted against the Company; ability to attract and retain
qualified personnel; availability and terms of capital; loss of significant
contracts or reduction in revenues associated with major payer sources;
ability of customers to pay for services; business disruption due to
implementation of new business systems, or due to natural disasters or
terrorist acts; a material shift in utilization within capitated
agreements; and changes in estimates and judgments associated with critical
accounting policies and estimates. For a detailed discussion of certain of
these and other factors that could cause actual results to differ from
those contained in this news release, please refer to the Company's various
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the
"Risk Factors" section contained in the Company's annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

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